What is the minimum wall thickness a material should have in order to be processed with an edge milling machine?
uestion:
What is the minimum wall thickness a material should have in order to be processed with an edge milling machine?
Answer:
- Depending on the residual web: 1 to 1.5 millimeters – this is more important than the minimum wall thickness.
- Minimum wall thickness 1.5 millimeters with 0.5 millimeter chamfer – gap guide roller!
- With a radius of 2.5 millimeters, the sheet metal should be at least 4 millimeters thick in order to be rounded on one side.
Tip: Thinner sheets can be placed on the edge of a table, for example. Several sheets can also be placed on top of each other. This makes it possible to process even thinner sheets without any residual web.